The Carolina Hurricanes suffered a frustrating 3-2 setback at the hands of the New Jersey Devils Wednesday night that made their hold on the eighth and final playoff spot in the Eastern Conference even more tentative.
Early on, New Jersey's famed neutral zone trap bottled up the Canes attack, holding Carolina to just 11 shots on goal and a handful of quality scoring chances during the first 4...

Although coach Jacques Lemaire was unhappy with his team's effort on Tuesday night, he has to be pleased that they were able to pick up a win against one of the many teams they are looking up at in the standings. Rookie Mattias Tedenby scored his second goal of the game in overtime as the Devils beat the Carolina Hurricanes 3-2 at the Prudential Center in Newark.
The two teams traded scoring ...

The way the New Jersey Devils have been playing over the past few games doesn't look like a team that occupies the cellar of the NHL standings. The Devils have taken seven out of eight possible points in their last four contests, grabbing points 28 and 29 with a 5-2 victory over the New York Islanders in a Monday matinee.
Lately the Devils have been using an offensive barrage, tallying 18 ...

It's just 11 days in and the month of January has been a busy one for the Kings. 2011 has not been kind to the Kings so far and with the All-Star break approaching fast, it's time for the Kings to start thinking about what needs to change. The dreaded possibility is that the question might actually be, “Who needs to change?” (more…)

The leadership quality of Devil's captain Jamie Langenbrunner has been questioned since last year's mid-season slide, a trend that's worsened as it crossed into this year's campaign. At this point in the season, Langenbrunner's been as ineffective as most of the players on this team have been with only three goals and eleven points in eighteen games, going a minus ten. As captain, there's adde...

After missing the first twenty three games Marc Savard returned to center a line with Tyler Seguin and Michael Ryder on his wings and oh boy did the Bruins find their offense. Seven different goal scorers (Krejci scored twice) helped two Lightning goaltenders get their necks sunburned from all the red lights shining behind them.
The first period was a close, chippy period. Shawn Thornton was ve...

Only in the USA can you truly rock the vote.
A kid like Sanjaya Malakar can croak out tunes to the top seven on American Idol. Bristol Palin can cha-cha to the finals on Dancing with the Stars. Sean Avery can break the top 30 in 2010 All-Star votes.
The lovable and despised perrenial Rangers' pest has more than 17,000 votes in the early fan balloting results released by NHL.com today.
That's mo...

At the quarter mark of the New Jersey Devil's 2010-2011 campaign, they've got a 5-13-2 record to show for it, leaving them fourth in the Atlantic Division and fourteenth in the Eastern Conference. The Devils lead the league in goals against and have scored the fewest goals in the league. Simply put: Things suck.
There really isn't much to discuss that hasn't already been beaten to death, goo...

Right now, the Devils need all the offense they can get from this assembly of de motivated and discouraged athletes they're calling a hockey team. It's gotten to the point where John MacLean has resorted to line shuffling and deployed some strange combos such as putting superstar Ilya Kovalchuk with third line checker Rod Pelley. Desperate times call for desperate measures, but a little bit...

Joe Thornton must have read my blog (yeah right) when I called him out for being a minus-9 on the season and in need of stepping up as a captain. Wednesday night, at ‘The Tank', he did just that. Jumbo Joe had three goals and assist and the big trio – Thornton, Dany Heatley, and Patrick Marleau – combined for 13 points as the Sharks rolled over the listless New Jersey Devils 5...

Before I get into anything, let me apologize to my admins and readers for my lengthy absence. I've been on and off sick, school, two jobs, and a few personal ordeals have starved me of much personal time. Simply put, things flat out suck in Devil Land right now. Their ridiculously slow start to their 2010-2011 campaign wasn't a factor to my recent lack of posted write ups, but it surely made i...